Iraq Pilot To Bush: Troops Not Getting Enough Training Or Time At Home

[CatWoman]

Best use of that pic today, IMHO :)

President Bush and his national security team made a first-hand assessment of the war in Iraq and prospects for political reconciliation Monday before a showdown with Congress over the U.S. troop buildup.

The temperature topped 110 degrees as Bush stepped off Air Force One. The president stopped at a small building where a Marine Cobra pilot briefed him about the positives and negatives of current troop rotations. He told the president that troops were not getting enough time at home and did not have enough time for training.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/03/iraq-pilot-to-bush-troop_n_62904.html

[yurbud]

1. is the sign a warning to Bush or the soldier?

[CatWoman]

3. it's to all of us

:)

[beberocks]

2. Bush to Iraq Pilot; tell it to someone who cares, aka screw you. n/t

[Jim__]

4. I hope the pilot doesn't get into any trouble for speaking the truth to an asshole. - n/t

[leftchick]

5. even the dark shirt could not hide his sweat

President Bush meets with a Marine combat patrol unit at Al-Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 3, 2007. The president made an unannounced visit to Iraq to meet with Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of the multinational forces in Iraq, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, Iraqi leaders, and U.S. troops. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[NewJeffCT]

6. good for the pilot

hopefully, he doesn't find himself on solo patrol through the worst areas of Baghdad.